Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-01-15

into a sleigh OF icemen and instantly killed
three and fatally injured several others.
A meeting OF the sewing silk and machine
twist trade was held in New York City and
it was resolved to advance the price Of man
ufactured goods 10 per cent, to take effect
February LIST. The whole silk trade in all
branches will be affected by the action to-
day.
The Ohio Southern railroad machine and
car shops at Springfield, o., caught IRE by
the explosion of torch in the round house
and is now a macs Of ruins. Six Locomotives
and two cars Of valuable machinery and the
buildings we're destroyed. Loss, $4,000;
1ully insured
The TO Rn OF Duck Creek, Texas, contain
ing 300 inhabitants, and situated ten miles
north Of Dallas was destroyed by nre,
which originated IN a defective hue. Loss
on buildings and merchandise $4,000. In
insured.
At a meeting Of the stockholders Of the
Bank OF Sedalia, resolutions were adopted
consolidating It y it'll the First National b 4nk
OF that city This viii make the FIRST Ma
tiOnal bank one of the strongest financial
institutions in Missouri.
Moses c. Nixon, residing near Nation,
Illinois, ARRANGED with two locomotive en-
gIneers to put mp his farm as the chic prize
IN lottery They we're convicted IA the
district court at Springfield, and a hne Of
500 and costs vas imposed upoa each of
them.
At the republican Legislative caucus in
Pennsylvania, TO select a candidate for
United States senator TO succeed john /.
Mitchell, whose term will expire March 4,
NJ. s. Quay received lb3 votes, Galusha
Grow 8.
The surrogate at Buffalo, decided to admit
to probate the will Of the late Frank Tracy,
and virtually made the contestants bear
their costa lkA only child gmE OF
@ith $4,000, and there Is S1,OOO,OOO to
fight for.
Charles @. Wheeler, formerly of Bloom
ington, Illinois, wac arrested at Wilimantic,
Connecticut for grand larceny, on reQui-
sitiOn from Governor Oglesby. He was a
loan agent for eastern people.
A construction train on the Alabama &
Great Southern railroad was wrecked. Engi-
neer Lewis and Fireman Fowler were killed.
Ine engine struck a COW and left the rails
and went down an embankment.
Three members OF the Salvation army of
Sedalla, Missouri, were heavily fined for
brutal assault upon a country lad who at
tempted 20 escort home a female soldier at
the close Of service
Father Augustine, of the Franciscan Or
der Of Polish monks of Austria, is about
to visit Chicago, IN compliance with orders
from the pope. before selecting q site for a
monastery and school
Frederick Raine, consul general at Berlin,
has informed the state department that
American citizens suffer great annoyance
IN Europe unless equipped with passports.
Justin A. Jacobs, for the past thirty years
city clerk at Cambridge, Massachusetts,
committed suicide rather than have it
known that he was defaulter for s., 800.
Two butterine factories at Pittsburg were
permanently closed on account of decision
sustaining the state law against the manu-
facture or sale Of oleOmargarine.
At the opening of the opera season in
Boston recently headdress among the
ladies proved to be the exception. The re-
form is due to the press.
Snow fell in MONTGOMERY, Ala, to a depth
of three inches. This Is the second snow
this winter, something almost unknown be-
fore.
By an explosion in a cOal-pit at Mons,
Belgium thirty miners were imprisoned.
The bodies OF 81 Z of them have been recov-
cred.
William Burklett, a ferryman on the DC
mediately after cursing his Creator.
Benjamin F. Brooks, a leading member
of the Boston bar, expired very suddenly on
Tuesday night, from apOpleXy-
A fire at Hanover, New Hampshire, de
strOyed the Dartmouth hotel and other
buildings valued az SI25 600.
John r. Webster, the nominee Of the in
del endent democrats, was elected speaker
of the North Carolina house.
The council of the Fenian brotherhood
has issued another circular dsnouncing
O'DOnovan Rosa.
James ". Reid has resigned his seat in
congress for the Fifth district of North
Carolina.
The officers and archives OF the French
legation at Toxic were destroyed by fire.